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A holistic framework for studying social emotions

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UC Santa Barbara selects inaugural Public Voices Fellows
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Russell Sage Foundation taps UCSB social scientists for fellowships
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Simona Pilolla

Embracing single life: Love, intimacy and family beyond the couple
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Social-behavioral findings can be highly replicable, six-year study by four labs suggests
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Elena Zhukova

Are sportier people better friends? New research looks at physical activity and close relationships
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Moral reasoning creates distinct patterns of activity in the brain.

Moral reasoning displays characteristic patterns in the brain, with distinctions between moral categories
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Matt Perko
Emily Jacobs’ lab primarily examines how hormones affect the brain

The current landscape of women’s health — and how it might be improved
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Matt Perko

When the brain leaves the body, does identity move with it? Depends on who you ask.
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People in power who are guilt-prone are less likely to be corrupt
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Researchers at the 2023 Mellichamp Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit contemplate and discuss the state of artificial intelligence
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Mike Eliason

University names winners of Thomas More Storke Award and other major prizes for 2023 graduates
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Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein

Joining one of the world’s premier honorary societies, three professors are named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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